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Petenwell Bridge

Date: 1905
Description: Petenwell Bridge. Caption reads: "Pete-eu-nell Bridge, Necedah, Wis."
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Aerial View of Necedah, Wisconsin

Date: 04 16 1949
Description: Aerial view of Necedah, Wisconsin, and Petenwell Lake behind Petenwell Dam on the Wisconsin River.
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Petenwell Dam

Date: 04 16 1949
Description: Aerial view of Petenwell Dam and dike on Wisconsin River twenty miles north of Necedah, Wisconsin showing the early formation of Lake Petenwell.
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View of Necedah

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Description: View looking north across the Highway 21 bridge at Necedah Lake. A man, likely a Resettlement Administration worker, poses in the grass in the foreground.
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Scenery at Necedah

Date: 1935
Description: View looking north across the Highway 21 bridge at Necedah Lake. A man, likely a Resettlement Administration worker, stands holding a pipe in the foregroun...
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Camp Petenwell CCC Dam

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Description: The Civilian Conservation Corps dam built at Camp Petenwell near Necedah.
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Cutting Ice

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Description: View from ice of men from the CCC group at Camp Petenwell cutting ice. Three men stand on the ice on the right. A steep bank surrounds the icy water. Men a...
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The Model Roller Mills

Date: 1884
Description: View across river of the Model Roller Mills, with the date 1884, with a railroad trestle is on the left. The mill wheel is turning.
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A Car on Petenwell Bridge

Date: 1915
Description: An Paige automobile with six people in it is stopped outside the toll house on the Juneau County side at the foot of the rock. There is a lantern and a roc...
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Main Street

Date: 1904
Description: View across a body of water toward several buildings along a shoreline. Caption reads: "Main Street, Necedah, Wis. looking south from the residence of Dr. ...
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Petenwell Dam Dedication

Date: 1948
Description: Groups of people are on four or five boats traveling on the Wisconsin River, with a shoreline behind them on the left. In the distance is the opposite shor...

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